Research has shown that eating meat can cause some of the following diseases:

High blood pressure

Heart disease

Diabetes

Stroke

Parkinson’s disease

Bladder cancer

Colon cancer

Prostate and ovarian cancer

Lung, skin and kidney cancer

Breast cancer.

Blue tongue disease

E coli

Salmonella (over 2300 types possible)

Bird flu

Mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

Pig's disease (PMWS)

Shellfish poisoning

Listeriosis

Pre-eclampsia

Campylobacter

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SOME OF THE COSTS OF MEAT EATING:

HEART DISEASE

Over 17 million lives lost globally each year

Cost of cardiovascular disease is at least US$1 trillion a year

CANCER

Over 1 million new colon cancer patients diagnosed each year

More than 600,000 colon cancer-related mortalities annually

In the United States alone, colon cancer treatment costs about US$6.5 billion.

Millions of people are newly diagnosed with other meat-related cancers every year.

DIABETES

246 million people are affected worldwide

An estimated US$174 billion spent each year on treatment

OBESITY

Worldwide 1.6 billion adults are overweight with 400 million more who are obese

Costs US$93 billion each year for medical expenses in the United States alone

At least 2.6 million people die annually from problems related to being overweight or obese

ENVIRONMENTAL

Use up to 70% of clean water

Pollute most of the water bodies

Deforest the lungs of the Earth

Use up 90% of the world's cereal

Cause world hunger & wars

80% cause of global warming

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Supreme Master Ching HaiFebruary 28, 2008 - Austria

MASTER:Suppose you know something is poisonous to your children; will you deliberately give it to them, to harm them? No! So now all the evidence points out that meat is also poisonous and alcohol is bad. Just ban them outright. There’s no more discussion.

Make it your mission in life, to inform people about the danger of eating meat, and show them the solution.

Some Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet:

Lower blood pressure

Lower cholesterol levels

Reduce Type 2 diabetes

Prevent stroke conditions

Reverse atherosclerosis

Reduce heart disease risk 50%

Reduce heart surgery risk 80%

Prevent many forms of cancer

Stronger immune system

Increase life expectancy up to 15 years

Higher IQ

Conserve up to 70% clean water Save over 70% of the Amazonian rainforest from clearance for animal grazingA solution for world hunger:

Free up 3,433 million hectares of land annually

Free up 760 million tons of grain every year (half the world’s grain supply)

Consume 2/3 less fossil fuels than those used for meat productionReduce pollution from untreated animal wasteMaintain cleaner airSave 4.5 tons of emissions per US household per year